What Does ‘Discovery’ Mean? Mr. May asked me to think about what discovery means. I think discovery means something like digging and finding a bone. Once I found a bone. I wanted to figure out what the bone belonged to. And that is what I think discovery means.
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Crusie Arcade Game -Research Paper: Skeeball Identify the Problem How can we, as Caine has inspired, demonstrate through teamwork our imagination, determination, and passion for creativity and innovation, with our own arcade constructions? Explore What Makes an Effective Professional Arcade Game?
To find out what makes a professional arcade game I chose Sphere Runner because it was challenging. I like challenging games because they are more fun. The person who created the game is David Carachelo. The object of the game is to fill in all the dots on the grid using a rocket. You move the arrow keys and it controls the rocket. There is a ship that tries to shoot you while you are trying to fill in all the dots. You win the game by moving to different levels. If you win the game you play again. I would give the game a rating of 4 in a 1-4 rating system.
The materials you need to build the game are cardboard, tape, and scissors. The game will cost about $1,000-$3,000 to both build and buy.
This game can be found at this URL address:
Http://www.freearcade.com/Sphererunner.jav/Sphererunner.html. Design Brief What Is the Concept Design of My Crusie Arcade Game?
The name of the arcade we are building is Skeeball. You roll the ball and get it in the holes so you can score points that you can convert into tickets! The rules of the game will be displayed on the top of the game. The difficulty of the game is a 1 on a scale of 1-4. You win the game by earning points, and you will get tickets by getting points. If you win the game you will get prizes.
The blueprint shows the side, front, and top. On the side, it is showing dots so that our game is creative and decorative. The top of our game is showing the name; the holes are there for scoring points. On the top of our holes, it says how many points you will score if you get it in one of the holes. It shows a bell so that whenever they score, they will know it. The front of our game is showing the hole, and the hole is there because that is where the balls are coming out.
The materials you would need for the game are tape, cardboard, and scissors. It will take about a month to make it. A problem that we foresee is that the tape might not hold onto the cardboard.
Create What are the Stages of the Building Process? "It Began" ... "It Transformed" ... "It Became" ... "It Will Be" (PowerPoint) Try It Out What were the Results of Testing Our Game?
Examiner: Mr. Holgate
Date: 1/29/13
Praise: It is a fun game, I enjoyed playing it. There is a good balance of skill and luck.
Question: Have you decided on how many points equal how many tickets.
Polish: Did you change the 300 holes to black holes?
Student Comment: Thank you for coming to our game, SKEEBALL. I am glad you had fun and enjoyed the game. Thanks for saying it is a good balance of skill and luck. We did decide how many points equal the tickets. We also changed the 300 holes.
Examiner: Mr. Falck
Date: 2/7/13
Name of game: SKEEBALL
Praise: Well constructed
Question: How many balls do you get for 50 cents?
Polish: Ball returner could be slightly large
Student Comment: Thank you for coming to our game, SKEEBALL. You can get 6 balls for 50 cents. We tried to make the ball returner larger but the tape did not want to work.
Examiner: Ms. Pinkard
Date: 1/31/13
Praise: The game is very fun and I like the buzzer that goes off when you win.
Question: How does the scoring work? It is confusing to know when and how you win.
Polish: I think you could make the scores correspond better with the holes – sometimes the numbers were above the hole and sometimes below.
Student Comment: Thank you for playing, and I am glad it was fun. For scoring, for getting the ball in the first hole, the player gets 10 points, each other hole adds 10 more points. Each ticket is worth 10 points. The purpose of the game was not to win but to play and have fun while trying to score as many points as the player can. The numbers were always above the holes; it just looked confusing.
Sketch ofProfessional Arcade Game "Sphere Runner":
Orthographic Design for Crusie Arcade Game Skee Ball:
Creation PowerPoint for Crusie Arcade:
Crusie Arcade game Examinations:
Make It Better How Can We Make the Crusie Arcade Game Better? Guiding Question: How Can We Make the Crusie Arcade Game Better?
Reflection on Project
What can we do to improve our Arcade Creation?
On our game, Skee Ball, we could put sidewalls on the board so that the balls do not go out of the board.
Specifically, how would we do this?
Cut out cardboard and tape it on to the scoring board of our game, Skee Ball.
Reflection on Process
What did you learn to do with the Crusie Arcade Project?
I learned that you could make an arcade game by using cardboard.
What do you know now that you didn’t know before doing the Project?
That it takes a lot of work and effort to make an arcade game out of cardboard.
What can you do know that you couldn’t before doing this project?
I could make cool games out of cardboard.
What did you like about the project that helped your learning?
I liked that we could do whatever game we want and make a cardboard game; also make it look however we want it to look.
What could have been done differently to help your learning?
I could have put a little more effort to make the game to get my learning better.
A Final Reflection:
In order to make our Cruise Arcade game, SKEEBALL, a better game we could have put walls on the sides to prevent the ball from going out. We could tape the ball returner on the side so it does not interfere with the ball. We first drew what it would look like then we started to build it. We came up with the idea by drawing out the design. The game was built out of cardboard and tape. Finally we colored the game. We felt good about the process. We had one problem; it was the tape was not staying. We felt that it was an awesome game. It was fun building the game because we got to play it. This was a really fun project. What did I learn how to do? I learned how to build a game out of cardboard. Crusie Arcade Game Presentation - Gaming Week:
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Hurricane! To the Rescue! - PBL Steps:
Meteorologists Launch Activity:
Hurricane! To the Rescue! Group Challenge
Driving Question: How can we, as Meteorologists, design and create Discovery Center Weather-Related Instruments that will help prevent or minimize harmful Hurricane Disaster effects on people and property?
Knowledge and Skills:
What is a Meteorologist Professional?
Product:
What are Examples of Weather-Related Instruments?
Presentation:
How can we, as Entrepreneurial Journalists, create and publish nnNet, an on-line Discovery Center magazine and Student-Owned-and-Operated-Stockholding Business, to support and share the projects of our Discovery Center?
Culmination:
How can we, as St. Paul’s Discovery Center Kids and using all that we have learned through our PBL project, design and create navigable rescue vessels for our Hurricane! To the Rescue! Sailing competition?
Discovering ...
What Does ‘Discovery’ Mean?
Mr. May asked me to think about what discovery means. I think discovery means something like digging and finding a bone. Once I found a bone. I wanted to figure out what the bone belonged to. And that is what I think discovery means.
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
The Engineering Design Process ...
Skeeball
Identify the Problem
How can we, as Caine has inspired, demonstrate through teamwork our imagination, determination, and passion for creativity and innovation, with our own arcade constructions?
Explore
What Makes an Effective Professional Arcade Game?
To find out what makes a professional arcade game I chose Sphere Runner because it was challenging. I like challenging games because they are more fun. The person who created the game is David Carachelo. The object of the game is to fill in all the dots on the grid using a rocket. You move the arrow keys and it controls the rocket. There is a ship that tries to shoot you while you are trying to fill in all the dots. You win the game by moving to different levels. If you win the game you play again. I would give the game a rating of 4 in a 1-4 rating system.
The materials you need to build the game are cardboard, tape, and scissors. The game will cost about $1,000-$3,000 to both build and buy.
This game can be found at this URL address:
Http://www.freearcade.com/Sphererunner.jav/Sphererunner.html.
Design Brief
What Is the Concept Design of My Crusie Arcade Game?
The name of the arcade we are building is Skeeball. You roll the ball and get it in the holes so you can score points that you can convert into tickets! The rules of the game will be displayed on the top of the game. The difficulty of the game is a 1 on a scale of 1-4. You win the game by earning points, and you will get tickets by getting points. If you win the game you will get prizes.
The blueprint shows the side, front, and top. On the side, it is showing dots so that our game is creative and decorative. The top of our game is showing the name; the holes are there for scoring points. On the top of our holes, it says how many points you will score if you get it in one of the holes. It shows a bell so that whenever they score, they will know it. The front of our game is showing the hole, and the hole is there because that is where the balls are coming out.
The materials you would need for the game are tape, cardboard, and scissors. It will take about a month to make it. A problem that we foresee is that the tape might not hold onto the cardboard.
Create
What are the Stages of the Building Process?
"It Began" ... "It Transformed" ... "It Became" ... "It Will Be" (PowerPoint)
Try It Out
What were the Results of Testing Our Game?
Examiner: Mr. Holgate
Date: 1/29/13
Praise: It is a fun game, I enjoyed playing it. There is a good balance of skill and luck.
Question: Have you decided on how many points equal how many tickets.
Polish: Did you change the 300 holes to black holes?
Student Comment: Thank you for coming to our game, SKEEBALL. I am glad you had fun and enjoyed the game. Thanks for saying it is a good balance of skill and luck. We did decide how many points equal the tickets. We also changed the 300 holes.
Examiner: Mr. Falck
Date: 2/7/13
Name of game: SKEEBALL
Praise: Well constructed
Question: How many balls do you get for 50 cents?
Polish: Ball returner could be slightly large
Student Comment: Thank you for coming to our game, SKEEBALL. You can get 6 balls for 50 cents. We tried to make the ball returner larger but the tape did not want to work.
Examiner: Ms. Pinkard
Date: 1/31/13
Praise: The game is very fun and I like the buzzer that goes off when you win.
Question: How does the scoring work? It is confusing to know when and how you win.
Polish: I think you could make the scores correspond better with the holes – sometimes the numbers were above the hole and sometimes below.
Student Comment: Thank you for playing, and I am glad it was fun. For scoring, for getting the ball in the first hole, the player gets 10 points, each other hole adds 10 more points. Each ticket is worth 10 points. The purpose of the game was not to win but to play and have fun while trying to score as many points as the player can. The numbers were always above the holes; it just looked confusing.
Orthographic Design for Crusie Arcade Game Skee Ball:
Creation PowerPoint for Crusie Arcade:
Crusie Arcade game Examinations:
How Can We Make the Crusie Arcade Game Better?
Guiding Question: How Can We Make the Crusie Arcade Game Better?
Reflection on Project
What can we do to improve our Arcade Creation?
On our game, Skee Ball, we could put sidewalls on the board so that the balls do not go out of the board.
Specifically, how would we do this?
Cut out cardboard and tape it on to the scoring board of our game, Skee Ball.
Reflection on Process
What did you learn to do with the Crusie Arcade Project?
I learned that you could make an arcade game by using cardboard.
What do you know now that you didn’t know before doing the Project?
That it takes a lot of work and effort to make an arcade game out of cardboard.
What can you do know that you couldn’t before doing this project?
I could make cool games out of cardboard.
What did you like about the project that helped your learning?
I liked that we could do whatever game we want and make a cardboard game; also make it look however we want it to look.
What could have been done differently to help your learning?
I could have put a little more effort to make the game to get my learning better.
A Final Reflection:
In order to make our Cruise Arcade game, SKEEBALL, a better game we could have put walls on the sides to prevent the ball from going out. We could tape the ball returner on the side so it does not interfere with the ball. We first drew what it would look like then we started to build it. We came up with the idea by drawing out the design. The game was built out of cardboard and tape. Finally we colored the game. We felt good about the process. We had one problem; it was the tape was not staying. We felt that it was an awesome game. It was fun building the game because we got to play it. This was a really fun project. What did I learn how to do? I learned how to build a game out of cardboard.
Crusie Arcade Game Presentation - Gaming Week:
Project Based Learning ...
Meteorologists
Launch Activity:
Hurricane! To the Rescue! Group Challenge
Driving Question:
How can we, as Meteorologists, design and create Discovery Center Weather-Related Instruments that will help prevent or minimize harmful Hurricane Disaster effects on people and property?
Knowledge and Skills:
What is a Meteorologist Professional?
Product:
What are Examples of Weather-Related Instruments?
Presentation:
How can we, as Entrepreneurial Journalists, create and publish nnNet, an on-line Discovery Center magazine and Student-Owned-and-Operated-Stockholding Business, to support and share the projects of our Discovery Center?
Culmination:
How can we, as St. Paul’s Discovery Center Kids and using all that we have learned through our PBL project, design and create navigable rescue vessels for our Hurricane! To the Rescue! Sailing competition?
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